{
  "id": 15821062,
  "title": "Alabama governor commutes sentence of prisoner on death row",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/alabama-governor-commutes-sentence-of-prisoner-on-death-row",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T23:18:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/20/alabama-governor-commutes-death-row-sentence"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Toforest Johnson’s death penalty reduced to life in prison without parole over doubts about his conviction Toforest Johnson, an Alabama death row inmate, will no longer face execution after the state’s Republican governor commuted his sentence amid increasing doubts about his conviction. Kay Ivey, the Alabama governor, commuted Johnson’s sentence to life in prison without parole in the 1995…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Alabama governor commutes death sentence of man convicted of 1995 murder",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/alabama-governor-commutes-death-sentence-of-man-convicted-of-1995",
        "published": "2026-10-20T21:35:01.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}